. this he would have loved it to know everyone cared so much about him. >>14-year-oldmarcusjohnsonwasan eighth grader. on saturday he was one of two people in the pit area who was killed by an out of control race car at marysville race way park north of sacramento. that car was driven by marcus' cousin, 17-year-old chase johnson. he is a senior at petaluma high school. patrick is marcus' coach and knows the family well. >> i can't think of a worse tragedy. he and his cousin were as close as can be. they raced at the same race way. >> racing was in marcus' blood. he was a fourth generation race car driver. the family liked to race winged sprint cars like the one seen here in a race won by his cousin, chase. marcus' classmates knew of his passion for cars early on. >> i remember being in first grade and he would bring his race cars to our school for events. it was really fun to see. >> the cause of the crash is under investigation, but the family has told others that the steering wheel came off. classmates say marcus' cousin, chase, is in their thoughts too. >> it is so sad that hi

cared so much about him. >>14-year-oldmarcusjohnsonwasan eighth grader. on saturday he was one of two people in the pit area who was killed by an out of control race car at marysville race way park north of sacramento. that car was driven by marcus' cousin, 17-year-old chase johnson. he is a senior at petaluma high school. patrick is marcus' coach and knows the family well. worsean't think of tragedy. he and his cousin were as close as can be. they raced at the same race way. >> racing was in marcus' blood. he was a fourth generation race car driver. the family liked to race like te one seen here in a race won by his cousin, chase. marcus' classmates knew of his passion for cars early on. >> i remember being in first grade and he would bring his race cars to our school for events. it was really fun to see. >> the cause of the crash isione family has told others that the steering wheel came off. classmates say marcus' cousin, chase, is in their thoughts too. >> it is so sad that his cousin, even though he did nothing wrong, he will have to think about this and know that he -- an

marmarcusjohnsonandalso killed was 68-year-old from grass valley. they were at the penngrove home was the sign saying privacy to deal with the horrible tragedy. friends left flowers at muffler shop that the father owns here in santa rosa. 11-year-old michael is also an award sprint car driver. as a father his death has hit him hard. >> he was sweet kid, i know that his dad loved him very much. >> he was always nice and nice to talk to. >> michael said he is sad in his passing but he will continue to race. chase outside of the two fatalities no one was injured. the sheriff's department is investigating. >> carolyn: four people suffered minor injuries after a small pickup truck slammed into a thrift store in vallejo. it happened on sonoma boulevard around 2:00 this afternoon. firefighters evacuated 40 people from that store. you can see the impact knocked out a large part of the store's front doors and sent merchandise flying. paramedics treated people at the scene and there is no word when the store might reopen. >> happening now in sacramento county, a wildfire is still burning an

weekend. the family of14-year-oldmarcusjohnsonhelda private funeral yesterday and today was a chance for the community to join the family. johnson was killed when his 17-year-old cousin spun out of control during a prerace warmup last weekend. he was in eighth grade and his mom says he would have been touched to see everyone paying tribute to him today. >> he would be overwhelmed, i think he'd say, "wow, cool." but i wish they all were in an arena somewhere watching me play basketball. >> a 58-year-old man was also killed in an accident. he owned another race car on that track. >>> and this evening, the chp is trying to figure out why a man was walking on a freeway in oakland overnight. he was hit and killed. it happened on eastbound 580. the three right lanes were blocked for several hours while investigators within 0 the scene. police say the man may have been trying to run across the lanes or may have fallen from a nearby overpass. >>> san francisco police arrested 11 people today for vandalism. a tip from a neighbor led police to the arrests at 3:00 this morning near seventh stre

accident last weekend.14-year-oldmarcusjohnsonwasstruck and killed by a race car at marysville raceway. johnson's cousin was driving the car when he lost control and crashed into the pit area. the accident also killed 68- year-old dale wonderjim. hundreds of people are expected to attend a memorial service to remember his life. investigators say they are still looking into that exact cause of the crash. >>> highway patrol is investigating a deadly head on crash in sunol involving three vehicles. it happened yesterday morning on highway 84. chp says the driver of a dodge a 46-year-old man from hayward drifted into an on coming lane hitting another vehicle. he died on the scene. four other people in the two other cars were injured. the accident closed the highway for two hours. >>> chp is cracking down on reckless motorcycles and bike riders. highway patrol officers say gone up. they will target motorcyclists breaking traffic laws on the sunday morning ride. they will also look for bicyclists who don't stop at stop signs or let drivers pass. >>> this upcoming week holds two major traffic

yesterday remembering the life of 14-year-oldmarcusjohnson. theeighth grader and another bystander were both killed after a race car driven by johnson's cousin lost control at marysville raceway. yesterday his coaches, classmates, and mother remembered him as a model student and player. >> he was so excited to get his braces off he wanted to play high school basketball next year. it'shearted to believe i will never see him play basketball again. >> today is the first day back from spring break where johnson was an eighth grader. grief counselors will be there today and a special assembly has been planned in his honor. >>> the sanford women are in the second round of the ncaa basketball tournament. the cardinals defeated the 16th seed tulsa yesterday. the game was uncomfortably close. stanford ran away with it

the life of 14-year-oldmarcusjohnson. the eighth grader and another bystander were both killed after a race car driven by johnson's cousin lost control at marysville raceway. yesterday his coaches, classmates, and mother remembered him as a model student and player. >> he was so excited to get his braces off he wanted to play high school basketball next year. it'shearted to believe i will never see him play basketball again. >> today is the first day back from spring break where johnson was an eighth grader. grief counselors will be there today and a special assembly has been planned in his honor. >>> the sanford women are in the second round of the ncaa basketball tournament. the cardinals defeated the 16th seed tulsa yesterday. the game was uncomfortably close. stanford ran away with it. shah nay scored 29 points. stab ford won 72-56 and they -- stanford won 72-56. >>> what can you say about that shot? at the arnold palmer invitational yesterday. somehow his shot ended up in the tree. he went having a good day though. a few holes later he wit

than all of this. >>reporter:marcusjohnsonwasin the eighth grade. he was killed at a racetrack near sacramento last weekend. and to make it even more painful, his 17-year-old cousin killed him when he spun out of control during a pre-race warm-up. today marcus' family, friends, and coaches shared their memories as well. >> several of the players, one of them i liked immediately was marcus. he stood out because of his friendly demeanor and hard work ethic. >> marcus' family says his dream of all dreams was to drive a ferrari formula 1 race car on tracks around the world. his other love was basketball. and his teammates were among those who lined up to sign a memorial guest book. >> goodbye for now. goodbye for now, marcus. and until we meet again, i hope you're always the lead car and hitting all your jump shots. >> forever we will feel the warmth of your smile, marcus, your heartfelt embrace, the magic your eyes and the gentleness of your soul. when we see a shooting star, we will know it's you, forever in our hearts, we love you and we will miss you every day of our life. >> b